Neck-yoke



(No Model.)

- H. A. SCHERMERHORN.

NECK-Yom;

N01 275,714. Patented Apr. 10.1383.

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UNITED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE.

p HERSCHEL A. SOHERMERHORN, OF WATERMAN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGrNOR TO WILLIAM L. OOLTON, SAME PLACE, AND A. L. BAKER AND WILLIAM EGERMANN, AURORA, ILLINOIS.

NECK-YKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,714 dated April 10, 1883.

Application tiled November 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: face of the pole-ring C is attached in any suit- Beit known that I, HERscHEL A. SOHER- able manner, but preferably by the rivet c3, MERHORN, of Waterman, Dekalb county, in the washer G2, of rubber orlike material,which the State of Illinois, have invented cert-ain new serves to decrease the wear of the cap and 5 5 5 and useful Improvements in Neck-Yokes; andI ring; and in order to place the yoke in position hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, upon the pole it is necessary to reverse the and exact description of the same, such as will position of the yoke-bar holdingit beneath they enable others skilled in the art to which it perpole while slipping the yoke-ring C over the tains to make and use it, reference being had cap E,thus permitting thelugeto pass through 6o ro tothe accompanying drawings, forming part the spacel o and o2, and'when the yoke-ring of this specification. bears against the annular tlange e of the cap My present invention relates particularly to it is turned to the position shown in the draw v the construction of metallic neck-yoke centers, ings, and in such position .is guarded by the and has for its object to provide a yoke-center lug e and flange e against any accidental dis- 65 i 5 ot' improved form, the parts of which shall be placement.

simple, strong, and durable,and can be cheaply From the above-described construction it manufactured and readily put together, and will be seen that the parts of my improved which, when uniting the yoke-bar and the pole, yoke-center are few and simple, are of such will yield iu the desired directions to the form that they can be easily manufactured and 7o zo movements of the latter. This object of my readily put together, and thejoint between the invention I have accomplished by the mechanyoke-ring and the pole-ring is a most durable ism hereinafter described, illustrated by the one, as the wear is borne by the broad curved accompanying drawings, and particularly desurfaces of the ball -and-socket connection.. fined in the claims at the end ofthe specitica- The yoke, when in position upon the tongue, 75 25 tion. yields to the movements ot' the latter, and is Figure 1 is a view showing partly in side protected against displacement, which is the elevation and partly in section the yoke and cause of frequent accidents when neck-yokes pole connected together. Fig. 2 is a front having the usual leather centers are employed. view of the connected yoke and pole, and Having thus described my invention, what I 8o 3o Fig. 3 is a view partly in plan and partly in claim as new, and desire, to secure by Letters section through line :c x of Figs. 1 and 2. Patent, is-

Like parts are indicated by similar letters l. The combination, with the yoke-ring havof reference in the several figures of the drawing a hemispherical shell secured to a projectings. ing bolt thereof, of a pole-ring enlarged and 85 35 Adesignates the yoke-bar,aronnd which fits rounded at its top to seat said shell, substanthe yoke-ring B,having formed integral theretially as described. with, or otherwise suitably connected thereto, 2. The combination, with the yoke-rin g havthe stud or bolt` b, which enters the oblong ing a hemispherical shell secured to a projectslot c of the enlarged concaveconvex top O ing bolt thereof, of a pole-ring enlarged and 9o 4o of the pole-ring O. A portion of this stud or slotted at its top to seat said shell and to allow bolt V, which is preferably screw-threaded, is for play of the projecting-bolt, substantially passed through the hemispherical shell D, and as described. is securely connected thereto by upsetting or 3. The combination, with the yoke-ring, its riveting its end upon the undersideon the shell, stud, and convex shell, ot' the pole-ring, hav- 95 45 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. rEhe back ing an enlarged slotted top suitably cut away of the top O is cut away at c to permit the to admit passage ot' a lug on the pole-cap, insertion of the shell D, and in its front is substantially as set forth.

formedthe space or slot c2, through which and HERSCHEL A. SGHERMERHORN. the space c' passes the lug e, formed upon the Witnesses: 5o under side of the cap E of the pole when the HARRY BRADBURY,

yoke is placed upon the pole. To the inner W. L. OOLTON. 

